Sugars come in all shapes and sizes. We need them for energy and we enjoy them, but complex variants may also be used as medicine. Chemist Peter Moons from Radboud University has developed these types ...

In an era where health and wellness take precedence in our daily lives, natural supplements have emerged as crucial allies in promoting overall well-being. One such innovative supplement gaining ...

Gifu University scientists have uncovered how a brain-specific enzyme reshapes protein-linked sugar chains to facilitate the ...

Researchers have developed a new process that uses microwave flow reaction and recyclable solid catalysts to efficiently hydrolyze polysaccharides into simple sugars. The developed device utilizes a ...

What if a critical piece of the puzzle of brain aging has been hiding in plain sight? While neuroscience has long focused on proteins and DNA, a team of Stanford researchers dared to shift their gaze ...

When Clay Bennett started his postdoctoral stint in 2005, he thought—“naively,” he admits—that he would spend just a couple of months preparing a few grams of an oligosaccharide before using the ...

Researchers have programmed the Nicotiana benthamiana plant, a close relative of tobacco, to produce prebiotic sugars found in human breast milk. Charles Andres via wikimedia commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) ...